Old 01-21-10 | 11:22 PM
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silkywoods
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Stem angle, length and the using spacers questions

I have my flame suit on, so I can't be lit up too bad.
I have a Specialized Tarmac I'm 5"11" and ride 56. I'm comfortable on it but the more I read around here I may have a a$$ backwards set up. I have a 100mm stem at -8 degrees with 40mm of spacers under it. I wanted to be a little more upright without having a flipped stem, which in my opinion is a worse offense to a stack of spacers.
Is 40mm of spacers not smart just from a strength perspective not to mention aesthetically strange. Would I be better off getting rid of 10mm to 20mm of spacers and zero out the degree of the stem which would still give me a slightly higher position.
I guess another idea is slowing reduce the amount of spacers and just get used to it and ride it how it should be ridden.
Or is my current setup ok?
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